popehat.com - 7/12/2009
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If you visit any gaming-related sites, you’ve probably seen advertisements for a browser-based strategy game called “Evony.” No, I won’t link it, for reasons that will become obvious. The advertisements emphasize three primary themes: (1) boobs, (2) boobs, and (3) the ability to “play ...
bruceongames.com - 7/10/2009
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bruceongames.com —
Evony is a new, free, browser MMO. And
their marketing consists of spamming up the internet like...
crazy. This blog is receiving a huge number of spam “comments” from them. Fortunately Akismet anti spam puts them automatically into the bin. Here are some of the email addresses they ...
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Don’t play Evony
evony.com - 7/11/2009
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evony.com —
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Evony - Best Free Web Game
gamepolitics.com - 7/13/2009
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gamepolitics.com —
Evony, a browser-based MMO which debuted recently, has angered
some bloggers by using a comment spam campaign. Popehat...
writes: Online pharmacies and questionable purveyors of herbal remedies advertise by comment spam... Porn sites advertise by ...
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Browser-based MMO Evony Slammed for Spam
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Condensed Evony Hatred
Kill Ten Rats —
No snark handy, let’ go straight to the links of hatred: Lum, Mu, Tweety, Arkenor, Tipa, Ken, and Bruce (with more condensed hatred links in his comments). I tried it, and it remains a Travian clone with RMT annoyances. I won, by any list of goals I might have had, so you’re welcome to my stuff if there is a way to give it away.
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Browser-based MMO Evony Slammed for Spam
GamePolitics News —
Evony, a browser-based MMO which debuted recently, has angered some bloggers by using a comment spam campaign. Popehat writes: Online pharmacies and questionable purveyors of herbal remedies advertise by comment spam... Porn sites advertise by comment spam... Fraudulent financial services advertise by comment spam... Legitimate business, and legitimate sites, do not advertise by comment spam. I associate comment spam with the underbelly of the web, with fraud and crime and child porn... Maybe Evony’s site won’t ...
More about Evony
Bruce On Games —
... But advertising isn’t the only marketing going on. Evony are using automated spam programmes to add comments to articles on blog sites. Not once or twice. No, they are blanketing game related blogs with comments that advertise the game. Exactly what you would expect of a Chinese gold farmer. ...
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